Check protector



March 15, 1927.- 1,621,416

J. A. KINDLE CHECK PROTECTOR- Filed April 5, 1926 No 71351 CCOUNT OFINVENTOR WITNESS: ATTORNEY attachedthereon.

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r r The object of thisinventionflis the; provi-I sion of simple 'meansdesigned to be adhesi'vely secured on aledgersheet in'a'bank, which hascharacteristics different from-that'- of a.v sheet, sothat the same willbe readily ob,- served, wherein such" means is. provided with spacesfordata'relative to acheck which has been issued but upon which the bankhas been notified to stop payment thereon. I

The Y drawings which accompany and form part of-this applicationillustrate a satisfac- 'tory' embodiment of my improvement and:

'wherein 4 Figure 1 is a employed in' banks showing my Figure 2 is aperspective view of the im-- provement.

' Banks frequently receive orders'tfo stop 7 2o tors.

payments on checks drawn by their deposi- Ordinarily the ledger sheetjinthe bank is simply marked with the instructionsregarding the non-paymentof-a certain check, but these markings are not at'all timesdisv tinctand have frequently been overlooked so j that the check has been cashedregardless of p the request of the depositor. It-is my inten- A 'tion toprovide a simple means in thenature olfa signal to stop payment onchecks of this character by the use of which time wasted in comparingchecks with the original stop payment order issued by the person whowishes the payments stopped will be effectively over'-.

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ally employed In the drawings aledger sheet or card us'uin banks andespecially by the cashier thereof, is indicated by the numeral 1. 7'Each of these sheets bears the account of a depositor in the bank' andwhen an order is 40 issued to stop payment upon a certain ch'eck anoticeto this effect is pasted on the sheet. This noticeif merely awrittennotation as previously stated, is frequently overlooked. Withmy'improvement it will be noted, as the description progresses, that aninspection of the sheet without going into the minor detailscontained'thereon will immediately notify the teller that a payment upona certain check on the said account is not to be made. y

data relative to the amountforwhich a check face vie-w of a ledgersheet; improvement tion has beenrea'd in connection with the accmpanymg'draWmg I I described the 1nvent1on, I claim 2'- improvementconsists'of a tab' or sticker 2. The tab is ruled and has inscribedthereon upon which paymentisrto be stopped, has

been drawn, together with the name of the as indicated by the numeral 5,so that the tab cannot fail but attract the attention of the teller whenthe said tabfis adhesively secured on the postercard or sheet at theposition 1 illustrated in Figure 1;;The en'd 3 of the tab 2 has itsouter end rounded and on its colored face is inscribed with a circle inwhich is printed the warning signal Fstop payment,

The inner or non-colored face of the tab is I v treated with an adhesive4. v The simplicity of my construction and the advantages thereof willbe perfectly app'ar-,

ent to those skilledin the art to which-suchinvention relates whenthe.foregoing descrip Having 1. A signal stop payment device to be used on aledger sheet in banks, comprising. a tab 7 bearing. appropriatelydesignated spaces for I the insertion of data relative toa check uponwhich payment is to be refused, and the said tab being provided withmeans whereby it a may be fixedly secured to the leaf.

2. A signal stop payment device to be used on a ledger sheet inbankscomprising a tab bearing appropriately designated spaces for theinsertion of data relative to a check upon v which payment isto berefused, the saidtab being provided'with means whereby it may be fixedlysecured to the leaf and said" tab having a rounded end which isdifferently colored from that of the body of the tab.

3. A signal stop payment device to be used on a ledger sheet in bankscomprising a tab bearing appropriately designated spaces fortheinsertion offdata relative to a check upon which payment is to berefused, thesaid tab provided withmeans whereby it may be fiX- edlysecured tothe leaf, said tab having its outer face of'different colorsand having a warning signal inscribed on its said outer face.

In testimony whereof JOHN ACLE KINDLE.

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